First Attempt at Light Painting

Daytona

I saw this technique on another forum and thought I'd give it a try.

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jiro

Cool! You gave me a new idea to tinker next time. Thanks!

Daytona

Thank you. I'll look for your post when you try it out.

Dogdots

Cool

rookieshooter

That looks really cool! What did you do to get this image?

Daytona

rookieshooter wrote: »

That looks really cool! What did you do to get this image?

Here's what I did. You may need to adjust for your conditions. I used the T2i w/24-70 f/2.8L on a tripod, and used a remote shutter switch. The light was provided by a Mini Mag light with the head removed so the small bulb was exposed.

Camera settings:

manual exposure
manual focus
shutter speed - 30sec
aperature - 5.6
ISO 200

I did this in a dark livingroom - no other lights on. I just twirled the light around a few times during exposure. You don't have to do it the full 30 seconds.

You can find a lot of great examples of this on the web. I don't know if there's a technical name for it, I call it light painting. Hope this helps.